Antique 19th Century French Bonze Animalier Brown Bear Statue Sculpture Paris by Antoine-Louis Barye circa 1870 Redo His friends mourned him and

His friends mourned him and others said that he was a gifted painter of Cauchoise (Normandy) painting

the base with four graduated drawers with the original Rococo brass hardware

his affirmative and idealistic Christian world-view did not include an inclination to issue any sort of overt challenge

A very good antique Neo-Classical bronze of a Bacchante or Maenad

Antique 19th Century French Bonze Animalier Brown Bear Statue Sculpture Paris by Antoine-Louis Barye circa 1870 Redo His friends mourned him andA good antique bronze sculpture of a brown bear by the celebrated French Animalier sculptor Antoine Louis Barye, circa 1870. The bronze depicts a brown bear in a dynamic pose, head held up with a gaping jaw and one paw lifted and ready for action, the bear stands on a rocky outcrop and is raised on a black & white viened marble plinth. The bronze is cast by the lost wax method or "Cire Perdue" in French, the statue has a rich mellow patina and is